Occupation: Vocalist Birth: June 23, 1938 Death: July 16, 2016
It was when I saw Iggy Pop, that's what did it for me. That changed my life pretty much..
It's easy for me to say that now, now I'm a father, I've got a four-and-a-half year old boy, I'm a different person. Well, I'm still the same person,….
But, Eminem... No, I've loved rap for a long time, especially when it got out of its first period and became this gangsta rap, ya know this heavy rap….
That's what my music... I'm working on a solo record right now, it's gonna be more hip-hop than anything, like electronic hip-hop, futuristic hip-hop….
That's something - you laugh about Eminem... It's funny, man, because I didn't like him when he first came out, ya know. It seemed like a big joke. B….
You're gonna laugh when I tell you this, man, but I'm starting to enjoy Eminem..
People said that way back in the early days I was probably one of the first rappers; the reason is that I couldn't sing, so I had to talk! Lou Reed w….
I like performers who I know are for real. You can tell, man, there's an intensity about their stuff. You can tell right away they're real people, ya….
Lately I've been listening to some classical music again, some jazz..
We played in Texas about a year ago, at Emo's, the famous country and western club in Austin. And I figured, well, if I'm finally gonna die onstage, ….
I always said I was never gonna be an entertainer, Suicide was never supposed to be entertainment..
That's what so sad about a lot of modern music, in my opinion, so many young bands never stay around long enough to fulfill their ultimate promise. T….
Usually I'm the one who does the covers. And I just said, man, it would be nice to see what somebody else could do, outside of this thing. A fresher ….
That's why so much of the music today sounds so much alike, because there's no in-between. So it's kind of nice to still turn some buttons every now ….
We're just getting better at our trade, man. We know what we're doing, and the reason why is that we've spent 30 years doing it. There's nothing that….
But of course it's always gonna be Suicide, our fingerprints, ya know? You can't ever get rid of that..
I did a couple songs with this hip-hop guy named Tim Dark. He was working in the same studio I've been working in, he heard my music and he said, aw ….
Experience really does make you better, man..
And I learned a lot from working with this kid, and I think he's gonna be a big star. Remember the name, Tim Dark, because he has something about his….
Every now and then you think about your life, what you would like to be, you start at Number 1 and you go down to 100. And down at the bottom, 100, w….
John Coltrane - I've been listening to the 'Trane again. It blows you away, because I know more now and I hear more now and I had a life that I've li….